PEW internet project

In class we observed the trends vin the PEW survey of how men and women, use the internet. This article seems to approach when men primarialy do online first and then relate the habits of women. It does give specific references to male use compared to women but it just says the same thing blah blah blah men do this online more then women. It was repeditive and I would think the survey a failure because it did not do and adequate breakdown of fundemental of internet use. Maybe if they popped in a few numbers, example: Men in America spend 5 billon of disposable income on home improvement items annually, while women spen 2.3 billion on shoes. So with that approach I find it interesting the men are more agressive consumers online then women. You would think with such access to millions of shoes and draperies women would go wacky spending online. Sorry for my sexus point of view. However if you review further study where men greatly outweigh women in technological field, on a laymens level men persue online use more agressively. It like cars women like they they drive them but when it comes to tinkering under the hood its a male dominanted field. As we discuss in class now... Sites seem to have a more neutral appeal overall. We viewed askmen.com which was clearly broad lines big pictures and strong colors very bold. Most sites women go to are private with the knowledge that men wouldn't actually go view it anyway.

catching up

So with out any success I have been trying to post from my cell phone and clearly it has not worked. I purchased a new computer today so this should be a good means to get my work accomplished. I set out to view bonding sites. Some I found carry both a fun, positive, and bad negative impact. Well I guess that would be based on perspective. anyway here are some sites.

www.match.com - America's #1 Romance site where you are evaluated and set up with a partner along similar interest.

www.mylanguageexchange.com - If you to trying to lean a new language why not go to the source? Want to learn Chinese Mandarin, then become e-penpals with a Chinese person and help them learn your native language and culture as well.

www.woome.com - this is like myspace with webcams, you can actually chat face to face with people, but not actually in person.

www.nambla.com -Let me start off with YUCK! National Man Boy Love Association... This site it so adult men and diddle little boys this site should not be legal.

www.kkk.com - if you cannot figure this one out then you should stop reading my blog.

www.crackberry.com - For people who own blackberries to chat on new apps and uses and software for you blackberry phone

Class work FCC new regulation

In a nutshell the FCC has passed new laws to prohibit content filtering by competitors of various carriers. For example I have Charter Internet service in my home, and lets say I visit a site like ESPN. Which I believe is Verizon based. Since Charter and Verizon are in competition with each other Charter would then slow my connection to the Verizon site/downloads/information because it is not one of its own sites. Along with tiered access to the web. Where as if i have the $19.99 package from Verizon Internet I have the basic connection and if i get the $49.99 package I would receive the faster exclusive less advertised version of verison of Verizon Internet. These are just examples and not actual rates.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172312/fcc_chairman_calls_for_formal_net_neutrality_rules.html

Annoying Pet-Peves

As I go along I can not be all happy and bubbly in this blog. So I will make light note of things at tick me off... I tried blogging from my cell phone yesterday but it did not seem to work yet. I was at work yesterday while the Pats dismal game against the NY Jets was on. I kept a radio glued to my hip and ran as often as possible to watch the game in the electronics department (real professional). Afterwards I left work passing though the mall and bumped into a woman in line wearing a Brady Jersey. She of course saw my Pats hat and began conversation with me about the team and how much she loved them and football and Brady has her love child ....blah bla blah bla blah. I finished the conversation with what brings her to the mall at such an intense time for the Pats. She looked puzzled by my statement and I told her the Pats game just ended and they lost...She didn't know. I hate fakes. On another more light sports fact... There is a gentleman in my class with the name Phil Jackson just like the Lakers coach, pretty coool!

day three... I'm running out of creative day names

I am sitting in class... If you see i have some new followers, no they are not really interested in what I have to say. They are just my classmates looking at what is up with the rest of us who go drafted into this blog project. When you're put on the spot its hard to think of something to write about. Stuff you find interesting in you're own head seems really lame in font. I could just type my lecture in here and use it as a reference while Prof. Lowney WHO IS ON MY FRIENDS tweets about class material.

Ways to access media

Cell phone

Computer

Why/For what

Shopping

Fantasy sports

Social networking: aol/aim, facebook

Music

Educational Access

Finance

Media Consumption

Average American Consumes 9.7 hours of media a day

Social In-equality

Poor have less access online

Who looks at what

men

Sports

cars

women

Women

shopping

gossip

Journalist

news

Economic life

media groups try getting young "testing" girls to spend more online

parents control spending and prohibit them

Culture and Socialization

"more more" people spend more time online they will become more aquainted to other cultures

other theory is that people will spend too much time online and use the social aspect of life that develops culture

Privacy

we trust the sites that we go to

Europe Pro Regualtion Act

3rd party sites can only get your email/info with YOUR consent

Sorry if spelling is poor or sloppy ciao!

Day Numero two-o

I am in class now and have to post 5 facts that catch my eye on the site internetworldstats.com. From what I can interpit 1/4 of the Chinese population has active access to the internet. Which I often thought would be a much lower number even for the given billions of people who reside in China. Which actually accounts for 48% of the people in China who are online. As expected North Korea reported no numbers as Kim Jong Il each of those 22 million lives with his will. When I was browsing over European number I was surprised to see most countries had relatively high numbers, with Iceland topping the list at 89.3%with several other countries : Norway, Netherlands and Andorra ...where ever that is all in the mid 80s. Countries in conflict with the United States report low numbers as well. I do not know if this is expected or not but Iraq .6% of their population of some 28 million. I could not even find numbers for Afganistan. I may add more later just wanted to fill my facts for now.

Day Uno about me I guess

I set up my page today since Professor Lowney, let us out early. I really don't know what to put here so I will just ramble for today and see what comes of it. Or just give the 411 on myself. I'm a pretty random guy... its a polite way to say weird. This blog is for my Internert Communications Class. I just set this blog up so I can use it with my BlackBerry so I should post as frequently as needed for class, if you need a hand doing this let me know, I'm becomming pretty tech-smart-ish. As for today I'm gonna go finish my homework and play with Bob (my pup). No I did not pick the name Bob, and i don't like it ha but I like him. I wanted like toughguy name like Brutus. I mean come on Brutus killed Julius Ceasar! You don't get more bad ass then that. My other option would have been Patton like the general. I think Bob works well though. He is only a year old and kind of a wuss. A lot of fun!!!! But a wuss. :( Anyway, I will finish this blog with a funny joke I read in yes...Readers Digest, Idk why but I look foreward to the mag every month.

It is well documented that Winston Churchill the famed former Prime Minister of England and the Nancy Astor the first woman elected to Parliament did not get along well at all. In a heated arguement, over what I do not know Nancy shouted. "Mr. Churchill if you were my husband I'd put poison in your tea!" To which SIR Winston Churchill replied "Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it!"